Line #1 WMG/QuantumOfSolace


1	Trope based speculation on the 22nd ''Film/JamesBond'' film. For WMG regarding the entire franchise, go [[WMG/JamesBond here]].
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3	[[WMG:The movie features a giant space-exploring Bond]]
4	Look at the teaser poster. That's clearly a Godzilla-sized Bond striding across Jupiter's icy moon, Europa.
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6	[[WMG:The name of the movie is a reference to the [[Series/DoctorWho Gallifreyan]] Mountains of Solace and Solitude.]]
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8	[[WMG:The name of the movie is the result of a bored writer with a thesaurus attempting to find a more poetic way to say "Time of Loneliness".]]
9	* Ian Fleming, bored?
10	** Isn't he dead?
11	** Yes- he wrote the original short story of that title.
12	*** It's worth noting that this was before (the HollywoodScience interpretation of) the scientific meaning of "quantum" entered popular culture. It did just mean "a small amount" to anyone without a physics or chemistry degree.
13	* Seeing as "Quantum" has nothing to do with time (in fact, it means "a discrete amount"), I'd have to say research failure.
14	** It doesn't strictly mean "Time," it means "Moment." A moment is a discrete amount of time.
15	** Similarly, [[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/solace solace]] doesn't mean loneliness...
16	* I thought it was a paraphrase of "small comfort".
17	** It is indeed an unnecessarily verbose way of saying "small comfort" according to the original short story.
18	** The direct translation is a "measure of comfort." It refers to the smallest amount of decency a person requires or else they will snap and do something incredibly irrational.
19	*** Or maybe it was a homage, and he tried to mean... [[Franchise/SailorMoon Dark Moment]]. After all, Meioh Setsuna ''has'' to be somewhere in almost every WMG.
20	* Film/{{Spectre}} basically reveals that Quantum was one of many of SPECTRE's arms in the underworld. Appropriately enough, Quantum was really just a small branch of something much bigger.
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22	[[WMG:The film is cursed!]]
23	Bwahahahahahaha!
24	* But it comes with a free Frogurt!
25	** The Frogurt is also cursed.
26	*** But it comes with a choice of topping!
27	*** The toppings are made from Potassium Benzoate
28	*** That's bad.
29	*** Can I watch the movie now?
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31	[[WMG:The name of the movie refers to the town of Solace in the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' universe]]
32	And this troper is ''dying'' to see what happens when Tasselhoff Burrfoot gets ahold of James Bond's gadgets.
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34	[[WMG:The title is an anagram of "Calm Aqueous Font"]]
35	We can expect the film to revolve around the Comic Sans typeface.
36	* Comic Sans is anything but calm. Have you seen the font? It's crazy!
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38	[[WMG:Le Chiffre and Dominic Green are part of the new "SPECTRE" organization.]]
39	La Chief helped provide funding for unspecified "terrorists", SPECTRE originally provided funding for the zany terror schemes of old school Bond despots. Dominic Green appears to be in the mold of an old school Bond despot.
40	* Mr. White and Mr. Green are in it's inner circle, and it is now called "SPECTRUM".
41	** Actually, they're members of Quantum, a pastiche of SMERSH, instead of SPECTRE.
42	*** It seems to be closer to SPECTRE, in that it is an international organization with vaguely to non-existent defined goals (so far), rather than a Soviet organization working for Soviet interest.
43	* So is Mr. White supposed to be Blofeld?
44	** Apparently, seeing as he was rescued after being captured (which doesn't seem to be Standard Operating Procedure for Quantum), and because he seems smarter than the rest of the organization (he stayed in his seat during ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'' so that Bond wouldn't notice him).
45	** Or perhaps there's a Mr. Blue out there who still has to make his appearance. Blofeld's name means "blue field" or something similar.
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47	[[WMG:The rebooted M's code initial stands for..."Moneypenny."]]
48	As 007 noted in Casino Royale, it apparently wasn't randomly assigned, but actually stood for something personal. Add to this the otherwise seeming lack of Bond fixtures Moneypenny and Q, which leaves her character open for such a "reimagining"...not to mention the "I'm the Money/Every penny of it" exchange between Vesper and 007 in Royale, which turns from a simple in-joke to a punning password exchange for a spy rendezvous.
49	* Now ''THAT'' I can believe. I thought that punny exchange was a bit much-- and there's always Villiers or whatever his name was, cute secretary boy, to take up the role.
50	** Um...
51	* Lack of Q? I could have sworn he was the guy who put the tracer bug into Bond's arm in ''Casino Royale''.
52	** Desmond Llewellyn's Q was introduced in a similar scene: in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' all he does is give Bond a suitcase.
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54	[[WMG:Craig Mitchell wasn't a traitor]]
55	He was GenreSavvy enough to shoot the other guard when Mr. White, the smiling ChessMaster, mentions "We have people everywhere."
56	* Would that be a DeathByGenreSavvy?
57	* Jossed by the movie proper. He also takes a potshot at M, which means Instant Death in Bond's book. You do NOT try to take down the TeamMom.
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59	[[WMG:Bond learned some amount of LeParkour at some point.]]
60	Possibly between the scene in Vienna at the end of ''Royale'' and shooting White. He seems a lot more efficient in his tactics when he chases [[spoiler:Mitchell]] through Siena.
61	* TruthInTelevision. [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jan/12/military.uknews4 The Royal Marines have been paying for selected PT instructors to take parkour lessons]], as part of evaluating its possible uses for urban combat.
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63	[[WMG:Quantum is responsible for..]]
64	The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivian_gas_conflict Bolivian gas conflict.]] ''Think about it.'' Greene claims Quantum has been destabilizing the Bolivian government. The gas conflict did in two Presidents in a relatively short space of time, and led to key routes to La Paz being blocked off. On top of that, it also caused mass demonstrations in front of the office of the Bolivian President. On top of that, the conflict was about exploring the south of Bolivia for natural gas, something Greene could easily latch on to opposition of.
65	* The really scary thing is how close the film's water plot is to TruthInTelevision.
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67	[[WMG:The Boathook is a ChekhovsGun / ChekhovsGunman , and will be making an appearance in the next movie]]
68	Hey, when the camera does the ImprovisedWeapon search n' pan, then zooms in on a hook, the next shot has to be of the camera making a cut as someone gets the hook in the face. Also, someone now needs to write hook fanfiction. Possible hook slash fanfiction. Hook/Face OneTruePairing !
69	* Just like Matthis made his comeback as a more important character, the boathook will kill an important character in the next movie.
70	* Alternatively, it was hooking something behind the scenes.
71	** Vesper's old boyfriend. It was waiting outside the apartment at the end of the movie. He walks out, thinking he's going to walk away, going to escape-BAM! Hook to the face.
72	* Bond/Hook pairing is the reason Bond can't keep a love interest; the hook is jealous.
73	** The latest Bond Girl knew when to walk away.
74	*** It won't help. The Boat Hook knows where she lives.
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76	[[WMG:The heist in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' was a botched Quantum operation.]]
77	In ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', there's a Mr. Brown, Pink, Orange, etc. Quantum operatives so far have included Mr. White, Dominic Greene, Mr. Slate...
78	** Here it is: The middle-aged Mr. White (from ''Reservoir Dogs'') survived getting shot by the police at the end, and eventually escapes from prison. He tracks down the gangster who managed to get a hold of the briefcase full of diamonds, a mobster by the name of Marcellus Wallace. Under the pseudonym Winston Wolfe, he gains Wallace's trust until he is able to steal the briefcase and diamonds. Now farther into his years, he uses the diamonds to buy the trust and resources of Greene's company, and Quantum grows from there.
79	* Alternatively, the movie ''Film/{{Clue}}'' will be tied into the Bond universe at some point. Perhaps Mr. Boddy was the previous head of Quantum.
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81	[[WMG:Pierce Brosnan's Bond is the leader of Quantum.]]
82	This is assuming the James Bond as a code name WMG is true. He was already deemed KIA when he spent that fourteen months in a Korean prison and [=MI6=] had began training his replacement during that time. With no job to return to after killing Graves, he used his expertise to start a highly efficient criminal organization.
83	* Actually, ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' was AllJustADream after he is let out. He loses his 00 status and starts Quantum as revenge.
84	** And in the next movie when Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig meet and come into conflict, this will happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i88NtWAoO_A
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86	[[WMG:Ernst Stavro Blofeld is the leader of Quantum]]
87	His name, keeping true with the colored theme started by Mr. White and Dominic Greene, would probably involve blue. The first three letters of Blofeld's name stand for blue.
88	* It's confirmed he'll be the main villain in the new Bond film ''Spectre''. It's also possible he'll change the organization's name after becoming its new leader.
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90	[[WMG:Strawberry Fields Isn't Her Real Name.]]
91	In Casino Royale Vesper's alias was going to be "Stephanie Broadchest" before Bond introduced himself. Forward to "Strawberry Fields" Strawberry=Red Hair, Fields=her first foray into the field.

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